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54mm
Frozen Battleground

a photo feature by Charles Reading
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Frozen Battleground
Manufacturer: Verlinden Productions
Item Code: 1299
Size/Scale: 54 mm
Material: Resin
About the vignette Charles says, "This is a small vignette done with Verlinden’s “Battle on the Ice” kit. I didn’t like the molded on base so I cut the figure/horse off and created my own base. The ice was done with paraffin and the snow is marble dust. This was my first attempt at a subject other than WWII. I enjoyed building and painting this and hope you will enjoy looking at the photos."

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About the Author

About Charles Reading (CReading)
FROM: CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES

I live in the mountains north of Santa Cruz California. I have been building now since the early 1990's when I rediscovered modeling. Most of my kits are built with dioramas in mind. I took a "creative block" hiatis for a couple years - 2011 to 2013. I wasn't active in the modeling world. During tha...


Comments

captnenglish
Fantastic piece Charles. I never would have thought of parafin for ice. I hope you'll have this at SCAHMS in March
OCT 26, 2008 - 10:47 AM
gawrycht
Charles, excellent dio! I have a couple questions, if you don't mind sharing... What did you use for the water? I'm assuming some type of resin. What did you use to tint it with? Also, how did you get the excellent 'slushy water' effect trailing the horse? I have yet to try any water in a vignette and am trying to find out about as many techniques as possible before giving it a shot. Tom
JUN 02, 2015 - 09:48 PM
Hwa-Rang
Beautiful piece of work Charles. Ice looks amazing. Personaly I would have liked to see more battle wear/damage on the shields, but still beautiful work. Thanks for sharing.
JUN 03, 2015 - 10:43 AM
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